{"id":373920,"date":"2026-01-16T20:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/373920\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T20:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:24:09","slug":"hull-fc-make-captain-appointment-for-2026-as-leadership-duo-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/373920\/","title":{"rendered":"Hull FC make captain appointment for 2026 as leadership duo confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hull FC&#8217;s player leadership for 2026 has been announced<\/p>\n<p>18:00, 16 Jan 2026Updated 19:52, 16 Jan 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2_aidan-sezer.jpg\" alt=\"Hull FC half-back Aidan Sezer.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Hull FC half-back Aidan Sezer.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Hull FC half-back Aidan Sezer.(Image: Hull FC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Hull FC have confirmed that Aidan Sezer will continue his role as captain for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Sezer was one of the first recruits made by head coach John Cartwright following his appointment in 2024, with the half-back enjoying a stellar first season in the Black and White.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 34-year-old was the club\u2019s first Australian-born skipper in almost 15 years in 2025, and follows on from the likes of Craig Fitzgibbon, Richard Swain, Greg Mackey and Herbert Gilbert as skipper of the side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Sezer, who has over 250 senior appearances under his belt, finished in seventh in the overall Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel voting last year. He is the 61st permanent captain of the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a massive honour to be named captain once again,\u201d Sezer said. \u201cThis is a prestigious club so to be awarded the captaincy is something that I am really relishing and I\u2019m looking forward to leading this new group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve loved my time here so far; to have the captaincy means it&#8217;s up to you to lead with your actions &#8211; something I\u2019m really big on. Helping those younger inexperienced boys to come through and be the best version of themselves is also a big part.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cThis is a tight group; there\u2019s no cliques, and I love coming in every day. It\u2019s refreshing to be amongst a squad like this at this stage of my career. Hand on my heart, this is one of the best groups I\u2019ve been a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Hull have also confirmed that John Asiata will support Sezer as vice captain in 2026. The loose-forward, like Sezer, is in full training once again after off season operations and gearing up for a big year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hull FC&#8217;s player leadership for 2026 has been announced 18:00, 16 Jan 2026Updated 19:52, 16 Jan 2026 Hull&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[31099,20805,30587,5903,20370,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-373920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-aidan-sezer","tag-hull-fc","tag-john-asiata","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-league","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}